. >> florida senator marco rubio says if the plan is sent as it is, it will be dead on arrival. his colleagues have had to smooth things over. >> we've talked with marco rubio and he's fully on board with our process and i'm hopeful that in march we'll have a bipartisan bill. >> in march is when the president wants to see a bill in congress that's ready for a vote. now, despite this latest commotion, washington has not come this close to immigration reform in 20 years. anne-marie? >> susan mcginnis in washington, thank you. >>> when congress returns from break next week, it will have just a few days before those dramatic across-the-board spending cuts known as the sequester. some republican lawmakers warn there is no way to avoid them and as bill plante reports, the administration is also warning of the dire consequences. >> what our friends in the house have told us is that they will not even consider anything that includes increased revenues, not even closing loopholes for corporate jets, closing loopholes for oil and gas companies. >> reporter: with everyone out of town, ther